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Class 11 Psychology Chapter 8 Thinking Quiz 1 (60 MCQs)

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1. ..... a rule of thumb that is often useful in solving problems.
2. A visual, mental representation of an event or object is called a(n) (a)
3. Fill in the blank: ..... are used to represent relationships between things in cognitive psychology.
4. Within a normal distribution, what percent of the population will fall between 85 and 115 on an IQ test?
5. What is the primary focus of psychology?
6. What is Insight in problem solving?
7. What is the ability to think about a problem or idea in new and unusual ways, to come up with unconventional solutions called?
8. A belief that our choices will influence unrelated events.
9. Which of the following best identifies the early speech stage and age in which a child speaks using content words?
10. The tendency to exaggerate the correctness or accuracy of our beliefs and predictions is called
11. The ability to acquire new ideas and new behavior, and to adapt to new situations.
12. Proposes that a person's intelligence is composed of a general ability level and specific mental abilities.
13. Fill in the blank: ..... is when related words enhance recognition of subsequent words.
14. ..... is an example of a concept that best exemplifies the characteristics of that concept.
15. A chess-playing computer program that routinely calculates all possible outcomes of all possible game moves best illustrates problem solving by means of
16. What is the difference between semantics and syntax in language?
17. Generating multiple possible answers to a problem illustrates
18. Jarvis has found himself purchasing meat labeled as "80 percent lean" more often than meat labeled as "20 percent fat, " even though the meat is the same. Which psychological concept best applies to this scenario?
19. Thinking in extremes. It's either all good or all bad.
20. Insight is .....
21. What is the primary function of schemata according to the text?
22. Which of the following is not a limitation of the Dual Process Model?
23. Which of the following is NOT a focus area for cognitive psychologists?
24. A sudden and often novel realization of the solution to a problem.
25. Which problem solving strategy is less likely to have errors?
26. What is an example of a cognitive bias?
27. What do we call the smallest distinctive sound units in language?
28. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of algorithms?
29. What is the smallest meaningful unit of speech?
30. The rules most directly involved in permitting a person to derive meaning from words and sentences are rules of:
31. A rule-of-thumb problem-solving strategy.
32. What is perceiving the size, shape, and lightness of an object as unchanging even as the image of the object on the retina of the eye changes?
33. How do we study thinking and decision making?
34. A visual, mental representation of an event or object
35. All birds have wings. This is an example of a .....
36. Change blindness is .....
37. A mental image or best example of a category. Matching new items to this provides a quick and easy method for sorting items into categories.
38. Children begin to demonstrate that they know how to put words in a sensible order during the ..... stage.
39. Which of the following is a characteristic of an algorithm?
40. The Mann-Whitney U test is the most suitable inferential test for independent samples/measures investigations collecting interval/ratio data. Although the better IAs will indicate that the interval data will be converted to ordinal data
41. Which of the following best describes an obstacle to problem solving?
42. The use of heuristics rather than algorithms is most likely to
43. Someone asks you what they should wear this weekend when you all meet up to hang out. You tell them it's fall in VA and they should probably wear layers since the weather is constantly changing and unpredictable. You are using
44. Which of the following is an example of the use of heuristics?
45. Bre generates, organizes, plans, and implements goal-directed behavior to complete her homework on time. What are these cognitive skills called?
46. What is the primary focus of the dual-process theory in decision-making?
47. Evaluate the role of metacognition in enhancing problem-solving skills.
48. What is a Mental Set in problem solving?
49. What does the bell curve represent in the context of intelligence tests?
50. What is the goal of structuralism in psychology?
51. Describe how the availability heuristic might affect someone's judgment about the likelihood of an event.
52. To find the best route to work, Vlad identified all routes and eliminated options one-by-one. Which of the following did Vlad use?
53. What are the basic sound units of language called?
54. A mental grouping of similar things, events or people is called a(n):
55. Which term refers to all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating?
56. Fill in the blank: ..... help organize and simplify experiences in cognitive psychology.
57. Despite overwhelming and highly publicized evidence that Senator McEwan was guilty of serious political corruption and misconduct, many who had supported her in past elections remained convinced of her political integrity. Their reaction best illustrates
58. A representative example of a concept is called a(n) (a)
59. What is perception?
60. Fill in the blank: ..... is a delayed response due to conflict between visual and cognitive information.
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